The P R E F A G E.
examined, witha full Account oftheirCaufes
tmd Effects^ fa are the DiamondsA^.#p
by the Moles,, and theWegetation of Sci^
Plants, briefly, hut fully iduftraMdi There: h
a yjh \ PhyficaL
Plants, : with a Rationale t f their fifiehh
and Taftes,; and the Poiflmom Plants ranged
in J'heir different| Claffei;\ with., afy Account
ofifieir CiatfeE%
^ jhiih the diffb\
rent Kinds of them\ the Formation <ƒ Shells]
and th$lflegetatiwxof lP£ax[s werenqttmd
intoi : and'folved^ befides xuhichjyou ha^ed
s,Shells*
Fiih-Bones, Teeth Formed-ftones,
with the Caufes of them f to which is added
an Atcount of Animal-Shells^ and Subterraneous
Skeletons, Foreign to this
Iflanfl; JH the Stag of Canada, the Elk,
Hippopotamus or. Sea-Horfe, ' together
with fome American Canoes found upon
the Draining of Martin Meer in Lanca-
ihire. Neither have I overlook'd the Reptils,
The P R E F A C E.
tils, Infects and Birds of thefe Parts, par-
ticidarfythe Barnacle. : An d for the Quadrupeds,!
TheflareMkewife defcrihed, and
divers Experiments and Obfervptions made
upon theta:
The Second Book: treats' chiefly of JT\
{tempers both Chroniek^/Acute \ be-
fldes which, it contains^au. Account of Per^
fons that have been Eminent for Arms,
Arts, Profeffions, Sciences, and Trades;
fm. -Endbftg- HofpitalS*.. Colleges, and
other notedAblsof Charity.
The Third and Laft Book relates to Antiquity,
wherein you will find divets Heathen
Altars, Sacrificing-Veflels, Coins,
fibuke, Lamps, Urns, Tyles, Fortifications,
Signets] Pagbds, 6 k found in
thefe Counties, defcrihed and explain d: Like-
wife ifs next to a Demohflration from the
Armenian, Britifh and Phoenician Lan*
guages compared together and examined,
their Deities, the Afiatick Manner of
Fighting, the Eaftern audWmih Way of
c computing